Trio arrested on marijuana charges

HACKETTSTOWN — Three Warren County residents were arrested and charged with smoking marijuana in a garage, police said.

On Monday, May 5, at 11:51 a.m., Hackettstown police responded to the 100 block of Patricia Lane for a report of drug activity in a garage, police said.

When officers arrived, they saw three people in the garage and smelled burnt marijuana, police said. The officers also saw marijuana and drug paraphernalia on a table, police said.

The three — Joshua Labadie, 26, of Hackettstown, Megan Chuddley, 29, of Independence, and Karina Fernandez, 24, of Hackettstown — were charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

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